Recent content by DieselPete

Interesting. Keep in mind that only things recorded on video count for record-keeping purposes. : )

Just occurred to me. This has to be the record for "most balls made on a break in a rack that the breaker lost." I say that because there is no way anyone made 7 on a break and then lost. Maybe someone tied this loss though.

I'd guess after potting six balls and having shape to walk out, his heart rate went up and he just shot that a bit harder than expected. It happens to all of us. (I mean, not when I make six on the break, because I have no idea what happens when one does that, because I've never made more than...

First, I think it could really shorten the learning curve for beginners, and help more advanced players to learn better routes (instead of just doing what they are comfortable with...), like learning routes that bring them down the target line, etc. Second, I would love to see it bridge the...

This is something of a question that is equal parts basic math (Fargo-math, I suppose) meeting the reality that in nine ball, we all lose games. Except for the best players on the planet, we just can't win endless consecutive games, even against weaker opponents. So, the question basically is...

OK, just getting a chance to watch the last bit of it. Shaw's behavior is worse than I expected. Conceding with three balls left on the table by swiping them away, barely lining up shots before firing away, looking totally disinterested... On another note, I don't think I've spent so much time...

OK... My point, which might have been missed... You could put on an exhibition event and through sponsorship money pay both players an appearance fee. Say, $15k each. Then put another $15k in the middle, so they will play hard. Then one player is losing, badly, and decides that he'll take...

Is there a chance that both players were paid an equal appearance fee and that the amount they were playing for ($15k) was a fraction of that, or some such situation that Shaw was willing to give up winning to get the heck out of there? Hard to imagine they played for four days for "only" 15K...

First, I'm happy to hear that she is doing well and moving forward on her life's journey as she sees fit and in a way that I hope brings her great joy and success. Second, I have heard from many players that have competed against her or met her at tournaments that she really is a super young...

Yes.

My takeaway, beyond her beauty being used to pitch a prediction market, is that pool is the one sport mentioned that you CANNOT bet on. She says, "you can't trade this. I just look good here." Pool remains the sport that anyone involved in legal gambling/prediction markets seems to want no part of.

OK, bookmarked... I hope that AJ meets Yapp in a tournament, and preferably something with a longer race. That sounds like a great matchup. I would bet on Yapp 100% of the time for the foreseeable future. But I wouldn't be totally shocked if I (meaning Yapp, really) lost.

Yeah, understanding the current state of AJ Manas as a player means watching him both when he bulldozes great players in fantastic displays of total offense, AND watching him in some of his losses, include big money matches, in which he eschews basic safety play in favor of firing away, seems to...

He is probably using a "focus stick." The mechanism is rooted in olfactory stimulation. When a person unscrews the cap and sniffs deeply, the aromatic molecules quickly reach the olfactory receptors in the nose. These receptors feed directly into the limbic system—the part of the brain that...

You'll be watching the last several racks on YouTube then, because they ran over time and went to a football game. Pool moved to ESPN 2. There will be plenty of highlight videos on YouTube though.